~ Samuel Johnson, quoted in James Boswell, Life of Johnson
... the Copseys were much more than just a pair of fortunate foodies desperate for the Heston experience. Roger was a senior accountant and expert in “international tax structures” and this couple were legal owners of an obscure corporate entity in low-tax Ireland called Bacon and Egg Ice Cream Limited.
The nice couple from Dublin at Heston's restaurant were not quite what they seemed
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DESERVEDLY SO: Chinese Communist Party Faces Recriminations Over Virus.
IN THE MAIL: Chinese Communist Espionage: An Intelligence Primer.
Now prohibition is over, the citizens of Sydney have a civic duty to party
Into The Wild With David Yarrow - Outdoor Photographer
The 21st century has seen Yarrow refocus his energies on creating black-and white-portraits of the great athletes of the natural world, from lions and tigers to orangutans and polar bears. Fusing art and commerce, he has firmly established himself as one of the bestselling fine art photographers in the world with limited-edition prints selling for over $70,000 apiece.
... the Copseys were much more than just a pair of fortunate foodies desperate for the Heston experience. Roger was a senior accountant and expert in “international tax structures” and this couple were legal owners of an obscure corporate entity in low-tax Ireland called Bacon and Egg Ice Cream Limited.
The nice couple from Dublin at Heston's restaurant were not quite what they seemed
Smokey: a name to be proud of
Welcome baby Smokey. Your story is one of the most inspirational to come out of the fires and heartbreak of last month.
To forgive is a strength, not a weakness, so all power to the Abdallah family
If our race is to survive and flourish, we need strong forgivers. People who are genuinely able to forgive are not weak, not victims or doormats, but some of the strongest individuals in the moral universe.
Uncovering a taste for coffee in your DNA
Sales of over-the-counter DNA testing kits are soaring, but the kits raise ethical questions - and is it really worth it?
Twitter says Facebook, Messenger accounts hacked
A Twitter spokesperson said in an emailed statement that the accounts were hacked through a third-party platform.
How to Live and How to Die
“Leave something of sweetness and substance in the mouth of the world.”
After his village is attacked by a powerful witch, a young man embarks on a mission to awaken his own magical gifts to help save his people. That’s the set-up for Scarlet Odyssey, the debut novel from Zimbabwe-born, South Africa-based C.T. Rwizi, who draws on African myths and legends to spin his epic fantasy
DESERVEDLY SO: Chinese Communist Party Faces Recriminations Over Virus.
IN THE MAIL: Chinese Communist Espionage: An Intelligence Primer.
One of the little-known pleasures of Botany Bay life is the CSalt dinnertime where topics always take you to the views and how to capture the especially on a rainy weekend ...
SW, JK, FJ ... 8 on 8th February 2020Now prohibition is over, the citizens of Sydney have a civic duty to party
'Showers forecast for the next week': Flood warnings in NSW as rain buckets down
Flash flooding, monster waves and high winds are expected to batter NSW over the coming three days as emergency services brace for the worst.
Into The Wild With David Yarrow - Outdoor Photographer
The 21st century has seen Yarrow refocus his energies on creating black-and white-portraits of the great athletes of the natural world, from lions and tigers to orangutans and polar bears. Fusing art and commerce, he has firmly established himself as one of the bestselling fine art photographers in the world with limited-edition prints selling for over $70,000 apiece.
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NO Man Land
What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist,
wrote Salman Rushdie. The Iron Curtain came down since Rushdie's novel, the Satanic Verses, earned the Booker Prize-winning novelist death threats, but the question persists.
NO Man Land
What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist,
wrote Salman Rushdie. The Iron Curtain came down since Rushdie's novel, the Satanic Verses, earned the Booker Prize-winning novelist death threats, but the question persists.
wrote Salman Rushdie. The Iron Curtain came down since Rushdie's novel, the Satanic Verses, earned the Booker Prize-winning novelist death threats, but the question persists.
Terry on Small Town and Closing Time: No sooner did I learn of the demise of Mario’s than I started thinking about the women I’d taken there. For the most part, I didn’t have to wonder what they were up to, since I’m in touch with a good many of the women in whom I’ve taken more than a passing interest through the years. Not only are they still alive, but nearly all of them ended up getting married, usually happily (if not always on the first try), and have children who appear to have turned out well.
Hardly comes to mind,
Does it?
The door you didn’t try,
Where could it have led?
We are born into a vast room whose walls consist of a thousand doors of possibility. Each door is flung open to the world outside, and the room is filled with light and noise. We close some of the doors deliberately, sometimes with fear, sometimes with calm certainty. Others seem to close by themselves, some so quietly that we do not even notice. “I want to play the violin,” I said to my parents one day, and nobody bothered to tell me that a half-dozen doors slammed shut at that very moment—not just the door marked BECOMES JAZZ TRUMPET PLAYER but the one that said BECOMES SMALL-TOWN LAWYER AND SPENDS LIFE IN SMALLTOWN, the one my father would someday encourage me to walk through, not knowing that it was already bolted shut.
Everybody Behaves Badly
If you’re looking for a summer read that’s more interesting than the usual chick lit and very hard to put down, I highly recommend Lesley M.M. Blume’s new book Everybody Behaves Badly. Lesley and I were Instagram friends before randomly meeting in January at the Chateau Marmont when I was in Los Angeles she and her family had
